| Most Frequently
Used Expressions |
| The expressions in this section are
ones you'll use again and again-they are the fundamental
building blocks of conversation.They will help you
to express your wants or needs,and they include
some simple question forms.We suggest that you become
very familiar with these phrases. |
| Hello. |
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| yes |
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| right |
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| wrong |
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| maybe |
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| please |
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| thank you. |
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| You're welcome. |
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| good |
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| wonderful |
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| beautiful |
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| May I trouble you? |
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| Excuse me. |
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| I'm very sorry. |
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| Just a second. |
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| Is it convenient? |
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| O.K. |
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| That's all right. |
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| It doesn't matter. |
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| Forget it. Never mind. |
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| No problem. |
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| No hurry. |
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| Good morning. |
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| Good night. |
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| Goodbye. (see you later) |
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| See you tomorrow. |
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| Forms of Address |
| The following are traditional forms of address.They
were used extensively in prerevolutionary China
but fell into disuse, especially during the Cultural
Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, when they were
condemned as bourgeois.To the extent that they have
been uesd at all in recent years, they have been
reserved for very famous and high-ranking people.The
titles are now making a comeback, however.They are
often used to describe foreign guest and in turn
may be used to good effect by foreigners-the Chinese
rather like hearing these titles,in fact.. It's
best not to use TONGZHI "comrade", when speaking
with the Chinese, however,even though they tend
to use it frequently among themselves; as a guest
in their country you are not, strictly speaking,
a corade. |
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| Madame |
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| Miss |
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| Ms. |
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| Comrade |
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| Communications |
| Do you speak English? |
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| I sprak a little Chinese. |
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| Do you understand? |
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| I understand. |
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| I don't understand. |
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| Let me think. |
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| What ? |
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| What did you say ? |
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| How do you say _____ in Chinese? |
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| What does this ( that ) mean? |
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| Please speak more slowly. |
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| Please repeat. |
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| That is not important. |
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| Introductions |
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| Getting Around |
| Where is ____ ? |
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| Please help me. |
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| I'm lost. |
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| We're lost. |
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| Where are my friends? |
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| Where is the tourist bus? |
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| I am looking for______ . |
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| Which way did they go? |
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| Shopping |
| How much does it cost? |
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| I'd like___. |
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| Please give me____. |
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| Please show me_____. |
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| just right |
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| approximately;more or less |
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| Miscellaneous |
| I'm hungry. |
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| I'm thirsty. |
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| I 'm tired. |
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| I don't feel well. |
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| I'm sick. |
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| What's that? |
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| What's up?How's everything? |
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| Do you know ? |
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| I don't know. |
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| Questions |
| Where is _____ ? |
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| When? |
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| How much? |
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| Who? |
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| Why? |
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| How? |
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| Which? |
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| Problems (
Emergenices) |
| Help! ( for life-threatening
emergencies only ) |
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| I need help quickly ! |
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| Be careful ! Watch out ! |
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| Look ! |
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| Listen ! |
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| Wait ! |
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| Fire ! |
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| Stop him ! |
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| I have lost ____ |
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| He has stolen____ |
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| Complications |
| I haven't done anything wrong. |
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| I want to go to__________ |
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| Can you help me, please? |
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| Who speaks English ? |
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| I need an interpreter. |
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| Numbers |
You will use numbers the moment you arrive
in China,whether it be toexchange money ay airport,pay
a taxi diver,or describe the length of your stay
to a customs offcial or hotel clerk.Here we list
the cardinal numbers, give the rule for converting
a cardinal to an ordinal number,and also specify
fractions and other useful measures.
| 0 |
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words)
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| 30 |
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| 40 |
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| 50 |
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| 60 |
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| 100 |
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| 110 |
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| 200 |
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| 300 |
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| 400 |
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| 500 |
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| 1,000 |
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| 1,100 |
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| 1,200 |
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| 2,000 |
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| 100,000 |
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| 10,000,000 |
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| 100,000,000 |
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| 1,000,000,000 |
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| Ordinal Numbers |
Making cardinal number into ordinal number
is a simple task in Chinese.You simply add the
prefix 
to the number.Note the following examples:
| first |
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| third |
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| fourth |
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| tenth |
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| fiftieth |
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| one hundredth |
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| one thousandth |
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| Fractions
and Quantities |
| a half |
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| half a |
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| a quarter |
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| three-quarters |
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| a third |
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| two-thirds |
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| a cup of |
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| a dozen of |
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| a kilogram of |
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| a catty of ( Chinese measurement ) |
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| a liter of |
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| a little bit of |
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| a lot of |
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| a pair of |
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| enough of |
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| too much of |
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| ratio |
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| _______percent |
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| _______times as much |
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